Demographics of South Korea
Source | UN (World Population Prospects 2022) |
Date | 14 Apr 2024 |
There are 25.81 million males and 25.94 million females in South Korea. The percentage of the male population is 49.88%, compared to 50.12% of the female population. South Korea has 129k more females than males. The sex ratio in South Korea in 2024 will be 99.502 males per 100 females. South Korea is in the 141st position in terms of the female-to-male ratio.
Year | Population | Growth (%) |
---|---|---|
1950 | 20,104,010 | -0.56 |
1955 | 22,075,008 | 3.02 |
1960 | 25,817,529 | 3.02 |
1965 | 29,179,407 | 2.11 |
1970 | 32,601,143 | 2.11 |
1975 | 35,930,694 | 1.61 |
1980 | 38,170,501 | 1.18 |
1985 | 41,232,709 | 1.32 |
1990 | 44,120,039 | 1.19 |
1995 | 45,393,418 | 0.49 |
2000 | 46,788,591 | 0.59 |
2005 | 47,889,573 | 0.32 |
2010 | 48,813,042 | 0.52 |
2015 | 50,994,401 | 0.81 |
2020 | 51,844,690 | -0.05 |
2021 | 51,830,139 | -0.00 |
2022 | 51,815,810 | -0.05 |
2023 | 51,784,059 | -0.07 |
2024 | 51,741,963 | -0.09 |
- Population
- Growth
Year | Total | Crude(per 1000) | ||
---|---|---|---|---|
Death | Birth | Crude death | Crude birth | |
1950 | 988,622 | 802,706 | 49.297 | 40.026 |
1955 | 351,891 | 943,027 | 15.963 | 42.778 |
1960 | 326,808 | 1,082,164 | 12.663 | 41.930 |
1965 | 294,509 | 1,021,630 | 10.074 | 34.947 |
1970 | 261,598 | 978,209 | 8.020 | 29.990 |
1975 | 255,831 | 871,291 | 7.119 | 24.244 |
1980 | 267,925 | 850,182 | 7.007 | 22.236 |
1985 | 247,294 | 711,247 | 6.006 | 17.273 |
1990 | 234,766 | 691,730 | 5.326 | 15.692 |
1995 | 241,909 | 695,881 | 5.316 | 15.293 |
2000 | 236,180 | 585,841 | 5.045 | 12.514 |
2005 | 244,811 | 432,555 | 5.111 | 9.031 |
2010 | 256,016 | 453,037 | 5.248 | 9.287 |
2015 | 278,713 | 425,505 | 5.480 | 8.367 |
2020 | 321,110 | 294,239 | 6.194 | 5.676 |
2021 | 334,677 | 289,006 | 6.460 | 5.579 |
2022 | 342,113 | 285,686 | 6.605 | 5.515 |
2023 | 354,920 | 287,848 | 6.856 | 5.560 |
2024 | 367,715 | 290,594 | 7.109 | 5.618 |
- Total
- Crude
Year | Population | Urban (%) | |
---|---|---|---|
Urban | Rural | ||
1950 | 4,102,424 | 15,108,961 | 21.354 |
1955 | 5,251,885 | 16,279,446 | 24.392 |
1960 | 7,022,058 | 18,318,860 | 27.710 |
1965 | 9,351,713 | 19,555,358 | 32.351 |
1970 | 13,110,502 | 19,098,812 | 40.704 |
1975 | 16,997,155 | 18,389,352 | 48.033 |
1980 | 21,582,191 | 16,468,233 | 56.720 |
1985 | 26,474,831 | 14,333,738 | 64.876 |
1990 | 31,696,103 | 11,227,028 | 73.844 |
1995 | 35,441,319 | 9,857,292 | 78.239 |
2000 | 37,729,427 | 9,656,885 | 79.621 |
2005 | 39,622,010 | 9,086,487 | 81.345 |
2010 | 40,601,614 | 8,951,241 | 81.936 |
2015 | 41,301,851 | 9,291,811 | 81.634 |
2020 | 41,934,110 | 9,572,865 | 81.414 |
2021 | 42,063,715 | 9,602,940 | 81.414 |
2022 | 42,193,408 | 9,623,822 | 81.427 |
2023 | 42,323,569 | 9,635,539 | 81.456 |
2024 | 42,454,846 | 9,638,207 | 81.498 |
- Population
- Urbanization
Age group | Male | Female | Total | M per 100 F | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Persons | Share (%) | ||||
00-04 | 749,618 | 709,188 | 1,458,805 | 2.82 | 105.701 |
05-09 | 983,122 | 934,080 | 1,917,201 | 3.71 | 105.250 |
10-14 | 1,172,412 | 1,110,064 | 2,282,477 | 4.41 | 105.617 |
15-19 | 1,169,605 | 1,097,324 | 2,266,929 | 4.38 | 106.587 |
20-24 | 1,420,252 | 1,312,185 | 2,732,437 | 5.28 | 108.236 |
25-29 | 1,831,537 | 1,643,756 | 3,475,294 | 6.72 | 111.424 |
30-34 | 1,911,910 | 1,670,978 | 3,582,889 | 6.92 | 114.419 |
35-39 | 1,738,098 | 1,573,847 | 3,311,945 | 6.40 | 110.436 |
40-44 | 2,068,157 | 1,945,616 | 4,013,773 | 7.76 | 106.298 |
45-49 | 1,969,575 | 1,892,147 | 3,861,722 | 7.46 | 104.092 |
50-54 | 2,235,921 | 2,186,467 | 4,422,388 | 8.55 | 102.262 |
55-59 | 2,102,713 | 2,114,050 | 4,216,764 | 8.15 | 99.464 |
60-64 | 2,079,244 | 2,128,450 | 4,207,694 | 8.13 | 97.688 |
65-69 | 1,686,988 | 1,799,846 | 3,486,834 | 6.74 | 93.730 |
70-74 | 1,089,178 | 1,235,170 | 2,324,349 | 4.49 | 88.180 |
75-79 | 762,375 | 950,229 | 1,712,604 | 3.31 | 80.231 |
80-84 | 516,667 | 803,583 | 1,320,249 | 2.55 | 64.295 |
85-89 | 239,702 | 512,434 | 752,136 | 1.45 | 46.777 |
90-94 | 68,040 | 237,845 | 305,885 | 0.59 | 28.607 |
95-99 | 10,487 | 68,204 | 78,692 | 0.15 | 15.376 |
100+ | 857 | 10,040 | 10,896 | 0.02 | 8.536 |
Total | 25,806,458 | 25,935,503 | 51,741,963 | 99.502 |
- Population pyramid
- Gender ratio